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Ancienne et très noble famille toscane, avec résidence dans la ville de Lucca, de vertu claire et ancestrale, répartie au cours des siècles dans diverses régions d'Italie. Cette famille noble jouissait de titres très précieux : comtes et patriciens de Lucques, nobles de Bologne. La famille était à l'origine appelée les Aitanti. Vanni, de Masseo, prêta serment de fidélité en 1331 à Giovanni di Re di Boemia et fut le premier qui, laissant son nom de famille d'origine, prit celui de Massei en 1357. De Lucca, une branche de la famille précédente passa à Montepulciano, à dont la noblesse a été admis Archange, par Tommaso, en 1762. Bartolomeo, Cardinal de SR Chiesa et Légat de Romagne en 1730 appartenait à cette branche.D'une analyse chromatique des armoiries, nous pouvons également obtenir des informations importantes sur les vertus associées avec ce nom de famille. L'or, le plus noble des métaux, symbolise le ...
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When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonMassei
1. Coat of arms of family: Massei
Language of the text: Italiano
D'oro, a tre mazze d'arme d'azzurro disposte in ventaglio.
Blasone della famiglia Massei di Lucca; fonte: "Raccolta Ceramelli Papiani" custodita presso l'archivio di stato di Firenze fasc. 5966. Note: Conti patrizi di Lucca e nobili di Bologna. Si trova anche il cognome Massei degli Aitanti.
D'oro, a tre mazze ferrate di nero, poste in palo.
Stemma della famiglia Massei di Lucca. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
Blasone della famiglia Massei originaria di Lucca e nobile in Montepulciano; fonte: "Raccolta Ceramelli Papiani" custodita presso l'archivio di stato di Firenze fasc.5967. Note: Lo stemma si trova nel processo per l'ammissione alla nobiltà di Montepulciano di Arcangelo di Tommaso Massei nel 1762.
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